AAPM&R actively monitors current national developments on new health care reform legislation and litigation on the health reform law. Regarding the implementation of the health care reform law, we are engaged specifically in commenting on proposed rules of critical relevance and uniqueness to physiatrists and the patients they serve. The Academy will continue to advocate for our priorities as the health care landscape is transitioning on a number of fronts that encompass quality improvement, health care delivery, and a capacity for disability and rehabilitation research.
President Obama Signs Historic Health Care Reform Legislation
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed historic legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) into law to reform the nation’s health care system and on March 30, he signed the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872) which contains refinements and amendments to the comprehensive health reform bill and was intended to bridge some of the differences between the original House and Senate final health reform bills.
Health Care Reform Law Analysis
May 21, 2010
Read the legal analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (Pub. L. No. 111–148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111–152). The document is written primarily from the health provider and consumer perspective and summarizes key provisions of the new law which is nearly 1,000 single-spaced pages.
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